The elaborate triple headstone over Jimmy Savile’s grave is to be broken up
and sent to landfill after it was removed late last night.

The gravestone was removed at midnight after Savile’s family requested it be
taken away out of “respect to public opinion” and to ensure the
“dignity and sanctity” of Woodlands Cemetery in Scarborough.

Yesterday it emerged police believe the former presenter could have abused
dozens of children over a 40-year period and a senior Met officer described
him as a “predatory sex offender”.

The black marble memorial, installed only three weeks ago, was as loud and
garish